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 Ralph Roister Doister.Ram Feast (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ram.
 
The usual prize at wrestling matches. Thus Chaucer says of his Mellere, “At wrastlynge he wolde bere away the ram.” (Canterbury Tales: Prologue 550.)   1
 


 Ralph Roister Doister.Ram Feast (The). 

 
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